Comments on: On the anti-racism discussion

By: cynthia

cynthia — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:00:52 +0000

Many provocations stilling dangling…is that anything like a dangling participle? In this case, nowhere near so dramatic as the writer(s) may think! Mostly annoying.

Anyhoo, re:#43. If you google apple + binary, you get lots of commentary about the Macs with Intel inside. Interesting…

By: seanp

seanp — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:43:22 +0000

So, it depends on the particular religion and the person selling, then?

By: MadGastronomer

MadGastronomer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:05:46 +0000

Some religious people do indeed act like Amway reps, but there are at least as many of us who are just as happy to let you live your life the way you see fit.

By: seanp

seanp — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:28:05 +0000

Speaking of definitions, does Religious Person (fill in your own dogma) equal Amway salesman? (Umm, person, don’t want to sexist in a racist discussion.)
I ask because that the feel I get on a general basis. Or, if this is opening up a new can of worms, then move along, nothing to see here.

By: MadGastronomer

MadGastronomer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:37:32 +0000

Will, according to Memory Alpha, they were from Cheron, so they’re probably Cheronians.

GailMom: As Mary (I think) pointed out, there are appropriate places for new people to enter the conversation. Not everybody wants to teach Racism 101 all over again, and that discussion doesn’t belong in every higher-level discussion. A discussion of quantum mechanics should not have to be made accessible to anyone with a high school diploma. If a HS graduate would like to join that discussion, perhaps she ought to go and learn quantum mechanics first.

By: will shetterly

will shetterly — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:32:39 +0000

Darn. Now I'm annoyed I can't find the names of the Star Trek races who were black/white and white/black. Wikipedia does have the episode. Oh, Star Trek. You tried.

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:44:53 +0000

Actually never seen that written, so I don’t know if it is an “i” or a “y,” but “i” seems right somehow. Um…you aren’t telling me you know what I’m talking about, are you? If so, I’m going to be very impressed.

By: Bawrence

Bawrence — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:34:12 +0000

@skzb: Wasn’t that one spelled with a ‘y’?

By: skzb

skzb — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:21:30 +0000

TexAnne: Or else people who believe in apples. (And that one is so obscure I defy ANYONE to get it).

By: TexAnne

TexAnne — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:05:19 +0000

Aren’t Binarians those guys that made Riker fall in love with a hologram? Yeah, they were creepy.